Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth: And Other Historical Fallacies

Appealing to the modern passion for 'getting it right', "Queen Elizabeth'sooden Teeth" sets the story straight. It exposes a wide range of historicalacts that we have always believed to be true, but which are, in truth,ompletely wrong. It's guaranteed to clear up all those niggling points ofact disputed at social gatherings among friends. It is presented in anccessible format and illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.;"Queenlizabeth's Wooden Teeth" focuses on the erroneous facts that continue toistort the annals of world history. To counter all those fabricated factsou have learnt through the years, here is a guide to the truth behind theyths, including: Sir Walter Raleigh did not bring the potato nor tobaccoack from the New World; Abraham Lincoln did not write the Gettysburg Addressn the back of an envelope; King Ethelred the Unready was not unprepared; Steorge was not English; and of course Queen Elizabeth did not have woodeneeth!;Written with wit and fascinating insight, and covering numerousubjects from royalty to religion, saints to statesmen, inventors toBarham, Andrea is the author of 'Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth: And Other Historical Fallacies', published 2008 under ISBN 9781843172390 and ISBN 1843172399.